Issued:
2013-07-17
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1084 - foomatic bug fix update

Synopsis

foomatic bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated foomatic packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Foomatic is a comprehensive, spooler-independent database of printers, printer drivers, and driver descriptions. The package also includes spooler-independent command line interfaces to manipulate queues and to print files and manipulate print jobs. foomatic-rip is a print filter written in C.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • The foomatic package could not be rebuilt due to the RPM package spec file having incorrect locations for Perl files. The installation locations have been fixed and the package can now be rebuilt. (BZ#661770)

  • Under certain circumstances, the foomatic-rip CUPS filter could fail, causing print jobs to pass raw data to the printer without being correctly filtered. This was caused by a missing parameter to a logging function. This programming error has been corrected and foomatic-rip now behaves correctly in the described scenario. (BZ#726385)

Users of foomatic are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • foomatic-4.0.4-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • foomatic-4.0.4-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • foomatic-debuginfo-4.0.4-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • foomatic-4.0.4-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • foomatic-debuginfo-4.0.4-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • foomatic-debuginfo-4.0.4-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • foomatic-debuginfo-4.0.4-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • foomatic-4.0.4-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • foomatic-4.0.4-3.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information